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rorr'T.AR fi.oha. 





Dicentra. Itinnlm (wnmyly cuUtMl liitli/tra). 



The MpeoicH arc peicniiiulri witli HiiiKiiIiir nii<t ImmlMdiDf tlowvrN in riicciiicii, hlonfinminK in ipring. 

 * Wild M)icoifN, ill rich wcmxIn ; thv i|i'c<iiii|iiiiiiici itinl tiiifiyuut 1«.>iivi'n iiiul iiakvil Howor-xtnlk rising 



hepnrutcly from thu ({lounil, in nirly N|tiiii^'. Delieutu luw plaiitM, cliietly fiuiiiil N. ami W. 



I. I)I'T<IIMAN s Hit! KCllKs I). (Fi;,'. a8j sHm.) Ili'itm;;** fruiii a Hmt <>f hull* of (•(ll^rMO Kraiim ; 



roiolla wlntf, ti|i|iril witli crfuiii-fohiur, with 2 voiy \ninv MpiUM, /'. ('iinilliinn, 



a. SyilKKKtiCoKN I>. Ifmlurjjrouml Niiooti<lH>ai-iii){ litth- ydlow tuh»'i-liku hodit-H, rfHt'iiililiiitj^raini 



of Imliaii Corn; corolla wiiitc ami fii'Mh-i-olour, fragrant like llyiiointliH. />. ('aiiu'linnit. 



* * (Janh'ii HiM'<'i('M. U'lifyHttrimit'ii, a" or 3 high, with IVoiiy-Iikf h-avfu. 



3. Sriowv IJ. llacfiiU'N ilioojiiiig, uiiu-Hiih'tl ; lloWfiH piiikpiinih', I'long. Ciiliivatt'il. IK »im'tilbili». 



Corydal. Con'/ih/iH. 



Our two upc'chtii aro leafy Htt'iiiiiifil hi<>ntiialM, nlmioous, with twire-pinnute leaves, and linear or 

 Nleiidcr podH. They j;n>w in rocky placi's and linwer in Hpiin),' and Hiiniunr. 



I. < i<»l.l)KN (". Low and spieadin^' ; (lowers ytdlow in Hiniple racuines ; pods hiingin;;. ('. aurcn. 



3, I'alk C Uprigiit ; JIowcth puridish and ydlowiHli ; raceiiiuH paniclud ; poiU erect. C, ijluHCit. 



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10. CRUCIFEROUS OR CRESS FAMILY. Order CT.rcn-KU.E. 

 Herbs, •with ulttMiiutc Icuvcs, 11 sharp-tawted watciy juiee (ii<'\fi' poisoiidus, luit often 

 Very acrid or l)itin<,') ; pLM-fi'dly (iistiii<,'iii.siie(l by their ctHfifvron.-i flowers, tdradynumoiu 

 staliK'iis, and by iiaviti;: llie sort <d' jHid eall('(l a siliqio: or sihrUi (240, 

 ■241). 'I'hi' flower is ciUed rnifil'erolis liecaiise tli;; 4 petals, with elaWS 

 eiicht'ed in llie 4-sei)alled ealyx, liavi' their bjiide spi'eadiii;,' so a< to loriii 

 the four arms of n cross. As to the staniciis. they are 6 in iiumb.r (on 

 tlie receptacle), two of tiieni always slmrtiT than tli" mlicr I'mir. Tlie 

 pistil niaiies a jiod. like, that of tlie l'elaii(liiie, v'vc, in tiie l'iipj)y family 

 (I'^i^. 277). except that a ])aititiiiii stretches across beiwc^eii 

 tile two threatl-sliaj)cd placentas, and divides the cavity into 

 two cells. When the pod opens, the two valves fall iiway, 

 Itaviii},' the seeds attached to the ed_i,'es of this frame. The 

 vhole kernel of the seed is an embryo. It is always bent or 'yv 

 folded np,in vaiious ways. The flowers nf the wlude faniilyare 

 so much alike, iliat the ^'eiiera have to 

 be distinguished by their pods and seeds. 

 This makes the family too dillicult for 

 the beginner. Ihit so many ])lants of 

 the family are common in cultivation, 

 thai we add a tabular kev, leadini,' to 

 the names of the piincipal kinds. 



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281>. Flownr of MiiRtniil. OW. SUmoiis nml I'l t I, inori> m;ij.'"lfl' '1 '-"yi. Pml (silNiUP) of Tuotluvort, oiionlng "^ Pod 

 Uiliclw or poncli) of SlieiilRTd's-Ctirsc. •.".!;!. Saiiic, willi mic valve falKn off. 



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